MoVVC

The Ministry of Vice, Virtue and Complaints (MoVVC) says a man, who was previously pardoned after repenting and pledging in writing to abandon “sorcery”, has been re-arrested for resuming the practice in northern Samangan province.

The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints (MoVVC) resolved more than 100 cases related to women’s rights last month and referred 1,760 mentally ill patients to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) for treatment, an official said Tuesday.

The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice and Hearing of Complaints (MoVVC) has dismissed the United Nations’ latest concerns regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan as “baseless,” calling the report a failed attempt to distort the facts.

The Ministry of Vice and Virtue and Complaints (MoVVC) says its muhatsibs “morality officers” have arrested three individuals on charges of practicing witchcraft in northern Balkh, Sar-i-Pul and Samangan provinces.

Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue Mohammad Khalid Hanafi has asked high-ranking security officials of the previous government to invite their partners living abroad to return to their homeland.